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founder effect

noun

Definitions

  1. A reduction in genetic diversity resulting when a population is descended from a small…

    A reduction in genetic diversity resulting when a population is descended from a small number of colonizing ancestors.

    • The view that Navajo neuropathy was purely inherited continued to have its adherents. It did seem logical. There were multiple cases within families. The syndrome had appeared suddenly, the way a “founder effect” disease might.

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No curated loop yet for founder effect. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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